The Dickinson press., 1887-08-06

II. +. Beckett was in Bismarck this
week booming the coal business and
making arrangements for supplying
the capital city with greater quanti-
ties than heretofore of the celebrated
Dickinson Ignite.
Wenceslas Hagna. infant child of
MI. and Mrs. Thomas l1agna, died of
membranous Group at the home of
his parents in the Bohemian settle
ment, Tuesday. He was buried at
Dickinson Wednesday.
The next term of the public school
here will commence the first of Sept
ember. Supt. Thomas Evans has
been engaged as principal and Mrs.
Annis Farmer will have charge of
the primary department.
Edwin Wilson came in from Kill
deer mountains the early part of the
week. He has been busy putting up
hay and building sheds and corral for
the sheep ranch which he and Joe
Levitt propose to start at the noun.
tains.
l.. ID. Clock, of the new firm of
Clock 4 Langdon left for the East
Tuesday. He will purchase a large
stock of groceries, clothing. boots.
shoes &C., and the firm proposes to get
their share of business.
The ladies of the Methodist Aid
society will hold an ice cream festi.
val in the store room in the PRESS
building on the evening of Thursday
August 18th. All are cordially in
vited to attend.
Supt. Greene, wife and daughter
Ora, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. n.
c. Lawrence last Sunday. Mrs. Greene
and daughter spent the balance of the
week with them. Mr.. Greene's duties
on the road making Il longer stay than
day impossible.
q. ID. Hmscom. the enterprising
hardware man, has received and set
up 4 unique article article, both use
full and ornamental. 1t is an iron
tower consisting of IL series of revolv-
ing shelves, II above another, divid-
ed into compartments which will
each contain IL gross of screws.
ID. o. Sweet and family have
moved from Medora To Dickinson.
Mr.. Sweet desired to reside where
there was some life and prospect of
growth. One of his first acts upon
becoming one of our citizens was Il
visit to the PRESS office and subscribe
ing to this journal of civilization.
James Colgrove was in town Tues
day from Knife river, where he is
engaged in putting up hay and get
ting things i'm readiness for the recep-
ton of the sheep for the Robinson II
Williams sheep ranch. He has already
put up about forty tons of hay and
expects to have the sheds and corral
ready for his woody charges some
time in September.
Ed. II. Davis, of Glcndivc, one of
the old time boys of Dickinson spent
a few days in town this week renewing
old acquaintance. For the past year
he has had charge of the painting on
the Yellowstone division of the n. j.
He thinks Dickinson greatly improved
during the time he has been absent
and is u firm believer in her future
greatness.
Dwight Dickinson, of Malone. N.
y, arrived here Monday and after
spending IL few days with friends
took the Pacific express Thursday
evening bound for the coast. Mr.
Dickinson is Il brother of Hon. w. $.
DltkllloOIl, III llOliol VI NIloll IlN
town is named. and it is believed that
his visit had something to do with
the big deal in real estate that is rl-
morcd as about to take place.
i. NJ. Searles the popular old time
furniture dealer of Bismarck is clos
ing out ut cost his entire stock of
Furniture, Carpets, Oil Cloths, Baby
Carriages. etc. Many of Our people
have ordered goods and all report
great bargains. Send for prices for
any and cvcrythin. us it will be il long
time before you can again buy goods
so cheap. 23-4t.
Thomas w. Bickncll, president Of
the New England Colonization as>o-
citation, came in from New England
City and went east Monday. He
reached New England City via the
Cannon Ball river. starting from its
mouth and following it up to that
point investigating the character Of
the country and lay of the land. He
is enthusiastic over the results of the
trip and what he has seen of the coln-
try south of us. He expects that Il
party of surveyors of the Minneapolis
g. Pacific railroad will soon follow his
trail through that country,as has been
predicted III the columns of the Press,
d line of road south of the Northern
Pacific, running east and west. will
soon be an established fact. This
| road will build IL branch to Dickinson.
| and with the Northern Pacific branch
to the Black Hills, the main line of
the y. 7. and tina railroad Shops locat-
| ed here Dickinson has good reason to
look forward to n rauiI. healthy